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Who’s Afraid of Chinese Electric Vehicles and Clean Tech?
The big announcement finally came. The European Commission will investigate whether China’s electrical vehicles (EV) industry has benefitted from over-generous state support in order to price-cut European competitors. A few days ago, the acting competition commissioner hinted that a similar move might follow on Chinese wind turbines. China’s EV and wind turbine manufacturing sector (similar […]
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Poland election: final results suggest opposition parties could form Tusk-led coalition
Mikuláš Dzurinda, a former Slovak prime minister, told the Guardian this morning that the outcome of the Polish election would “boost the centripetal tendencies in the EU”. Dzurinda, who now heads the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies – the official thinktank of the centre-right European People’s Party – also said that the opposition’s strong […]
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Poland’s Election Had a Surprise Winner: The EU
“The results are signaling that Poland is coming back to the heart of Europe” says Eoin Drea, senior researcher at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
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Remembering our Founder Wilfried Martens on the 10th anniversary of his passing
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After the World’s Crocodile Tears for Armenians, What Next for the South Caucasus?
One can only be deeply moved by the sight of exhausted Armenians, fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh in droves. Over a hundred years after the Armenian genocide (perpetrated by the Young Turks in 1915-1917, though still not officially acknowledged by Türkiye), and the establishment of the first Armenian state in 1918, the lightning Azeri offensive forced the so-called […]
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Study Reveals Europe’s Middle Class Malcontents
Report author and senior researcher Federico Ottavio Reho told The European Conservative: “I will tell you the finding that struck me the most: the study revealed that in parts of Southern and Eastern Europe, notably Bulgaria, Greece and Slovakia, a sizable portion of the citizens feel let down by society, while significant minorities have greater than average […]
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Towards a new EU relationship with northern Africa
Migration, terrorism and energy — three ‘crisis’ topics — have preoccupied EU policy and their societies’ view of their neighbourhood in northern Africa for a long time. Caught in (post-)colonial attitudes, misled by a deplorable lack of knowledge of internal developments, and frightened by new geopolitical competitors: Europe’s relations with northern Africa is a good […]
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Putin’s New Budget: A Declaration of Endless War
On the background of talks about international fatigue over the war in Ukraine, and calls for “peace negotiations”, Vladimir Putin has issued the clearest declaration of intent for upcoming years: he is ready to double down on attacking Ukraine, and has no wish for the war to end any time soon. The Russian Government recently […]
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September 2023
September is always marked by a back-to-school buzz, the annual State of the Union address and… plenty of news on the agenda! This month we organised an event on European policy towards Northern Africa while we also published a report examining the expectations and fears of Europe’s middle classes concerning the EU’s key challenges.
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Bridge The Channel: UK-EU Relations & Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Climate Policy
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Video Op-Eds | Ep. 3 – Three Ways to Fix Young European’s Property Nightmare
In the third episode of ‘Video Op-Eds’, Eoin Drea explores how the lack of affordable housing is impacting young people in Europe and what can be done to address it.
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Migration Update September 2023
Welcome to the Migration Update September 2023. This curated news selection brings together many of the most important developments in the migration policy area over the last month, including recent ones tied to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The purpose of these news summaries is to provide a factual base for migration debates within the […]
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“A extrema-direita está a mudar dramaticamente a paisagem política na Europa”, reconhece antigo secretário-geral do Parlamento Europeu
Em entrevista ao Expresso, Klaus Welle mostra-se preocupado com o crescimento dos partidos da ultradireita a menos de nove meses das eleições europeias.
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Intellemo: Innovation and Empathy to Counter Political Apathy Among Young People
There is a general perception, especially among those of us over the age of 40, that younger generations are characterised by a pronounced political and social apathy. Indeed, many statistics support this notion of younger generations being less politically engaged. This is perhaps most reflected in their lower-than-average voter turnout in a number of countries. […]
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Navigating the Storm: Modern Western Culture and the Growing Mental Health Crisis
Western Europe, long regarded as a bastion of prosperity and progress, is facing an alarming rise in mental health crises, particularly among its youth. While numerous factors contribute to this disturbing trend, including the rise of social media and mobile phones, two key elements stand out: the economic and political volatility of the past two […]
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China Shies Away From Confrontation With EU Over EV Probe
China needs foreign capital and knowledge “for its own modernization program,” said Peter Hefele, policy director focused on China at the Wilfred Martens Centre for European Studies. “Next to the US, Europe is the only region to acquire those critical factors.”
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A Blueprint For Accelerated Integration and Phasing-In
Probably the most important attempt to revamp the EU’s enlargement policy in the last decade has been the adoption of the New Methodology for Accession Negotiations in 2020, which has been ambitiously envisaged as a robust framework for accelerated integration of the Western Balkans, which will provide more clarity and a stronger political steer of […]
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Political Groups in the European Parliament: their past, present and future contribution to the European integration
This event is part of the Martens Centre – Luigi Sturzo Institute joint series “Rethinking the EU – Dialogues on the Future of Europe”.
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A Reflection on the Politics of Yom Kippur
1973 was a fateful year. Inflation was high. Anxious autoworkers went on strike; many were laid off. US President Nixon, having won in a landslide on a platform of law and order, started his second term; later in the year his vice-president resigned and Nixon, facing Watergate probes, assured the country: ‘I am not a […]
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David Lega
David Lega MEP is a Swedish EPP Member of the European Parliament, member of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, and Convening Chair for the Abraham Accords Network in the European Parliament.
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Middle-Class Concerns and European Challenges: A Data-Driven Study from a Centre–Right Perspective
This report studies the position, aspirations, expectations and fears of Europe’s middle classes concerning some of the key challenges that the EU is facing. It is based on an extensive online survey carried out in all 27 EU member states. It reveals an acute economic insecurity and fear of falling behind among EU citizens, especially […]